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Sri Lanka COVID 19

Sri Lanka to vaccinate frontline staff against Covid-19 from Jan 28: President

The first batch of Coronavirus vaccines provided free by the government of India will reach the island on January 27 and...

January 24, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka health minister sent to Covid-19 beach resort

Sri Lanka’s health minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi was isolated Saturday at a beach hotel after she tested positive fo...

January 23, 2021 1 min read

Sri Lanka health minister tests positive, shatters Covid cure claims

Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi who placed her faith in the occult to protect herself and Sri Lanka from the pand...

January 23, 2021 3 min read

Doctor allegedly assaulted by Shaman Dhammika Bandara of Covid potion fame

Police say a complaint by a doctor from the Peradeniya hospital that he was assaulted by Dhammika Bandara and his associ...

January 20, 2021 3 min read
Sri Lanka plans to vaccinate 63-pct of population by end 2021: Health Minister

National Medical Regulatory Authority would clear a vaccine if it was approved by two 'stringent' foreign regulators

Sri Lanka orders more oxygen cylinders in new Covid-19 wave

Plans are underway to increase the oxygen capacity in the country.

Sri Lanka suspends 72-hour PCR test requirements for departures

Sri Lanka has temporarily suspended the 72-hour PCR test prior to departures from the country due to laboratories being ...

October 20, 2020 1 min read

No idea how the first Covid patient at the Minuwangoda factory became infected - Pavithra

The country’s Health Services are yet to definitely find out how the Covid 19 virus entered the Minuwangoda-based Bran...

October 20, 2020 2 min read

Parliament should follow Covid 19 Regulations and postpone 20A debate - Opposition

Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Opposition is demanding that sittings of the Legislature be conducted according to Regulatio...

October 19, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka epidemiological sleuths probing foreign Covid-19 link to new Coronavirus cluster

Sri Lanka's epidemiological sleuths are probing a possible foreign link to a new Coronavirus cluster that developed at a...

October 19, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka locksdown four villages in Matugama after Covid-19 mini-cluster, 61 new Coronavirus cases

Sri Lanka has locked down four areas in Matugama as a mini-cluster of infections were found while the total infections w...

Chanka Jayasinghe
October 18, 2020 1 min read

UNP says Sri Lanka state Covid-19 suspect TV journalist came to their press conference

Sri Lanka's opposition United National Party said a state television journalist who has been tested for Coronavirus and ...

October 16, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka journalists told to self quarantine as colleague tested for Coronavirus

A group of Sri Lanka journalists who attended a weekly government media briefing has been asked to self-quarantine after...

October 16, 2020 1 min read

Tough regulations to prevent the spread of Covid 19

Sri Lanka yesterday issued the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid 19) (Preventive Measures) Regulations gazette notificatio...

Imesh Ranasinghe
October 16, 2020 6 min read

Writ petition seeks better care for Covid 19 infected persons and close contacts

A group of public-spirited citizens have filed a Writ Petition before the Court of Appeal seeking better protection for ...

October 16, 2020 2 min read

The Colombo Municipality reassures the city that emergency services are functioning normally

Although Sri Lanka’s largest city, Colombo, is facing a Covid 19 threat, citizens of the city still carry out transact...

October 16, 2020 2 min read
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Colombo Municipality cancels meetings, closes offices after staffer tests Covid positive

Sri Lanka’s largest city, Colombo, is facing a Covid 19 threat, its Mayor Rosie Senanayake warned city councillors yes...

October 16, 2020 2 min read

Sajith demands the government provide relief for Covid hit areas

Sri Lanka’s Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa is demanding that the government offer relief packages to worker...

October 15, 2020 1 min read

From today you can be jailed or fined for breaking Covid prevention guidelines

The Health Department’s guidelines to prevent the spread of Covid 19 has become law through regulations Gazetted by th...

October 15, 2020 2 min read

HNB reports Covid positive staffer in Headquarters building

The Hatton National Bank has asked all their staff working in an area of the 19th floor of its headquarters Right Wing t...

October 15, 2020 1 min read

“Minuwangoda cluster being managed well” – Health Department

The spokesman for the Department of Health Services, Dr Jayaruwan Bandara is saying that the Minuwangoda cluster which h...

October 14, 2020 2 min read

Covid second wave must be blamed on government not Apparel-Maker – Opposition MP

The Opposition is saying the government is trying to blame Brandix for the second wave of Covid 19 infections while the ...

Imesh Ranasinghe
October 14, 2020 3 min read

Dialog Sri Lanka and Axiata labs wins global award for digital transformation

Dialog Axiata of Sri Lanka and Axiata Digital Labs, a technology unit of Malaysia-based group said it won a global award...

October 14, 2020 1 min read

Top-level probe to find the source of infection in the Minuwangoda Covid cluster - Pathirana

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has ordered a top-level probe into the outbreak of Covid 19 at an Apparel manufacturing plant that...

October 13, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's OnThree20 following health rules after Coronavirus case

A Covid-19 resident had been confirmed at Sri Lanka's OnThree20 apartments who is receiving medical attention and other ...

October 12, 2020 1 min read

Current strain of Covid very contagious, take precautions – Health Dept. spokesman

Sri Lanka’s Department of Health Services is saying the strain of the Covid virus that is spreading in the country rig...

October 12, 2020 2 min read